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MT 515 Field Specifications

59. Field 95a: Party

FORMAT

Option C :4!c//2!a (Qualifier)(Country Code)
Option L :4!c//18!c2!n (Qualifier)(Legal Entity Identifier)
Option P :4!c//4!a2!a2!c[3!c] (Qualifier)(Identifier Code)
Option Q :4!c//4*35x (Qualifier)(Name and Address)
Option R :4!c/8c/34x (Qualifier)(Data Source Scheme)(Proprietary Code)
Option S :4!c/[8c]/4!c/2!a/30x (Qualifier)(Data Source Scheme)(Type of ID)(Country Code)(Alternate ID)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in optional subsequence D1

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order M/O Qualifier R/N CR Options Qualifier Description
1 M SELL N C4, C5 P, Q, or R Seller
  or DECU N C4, C5 P, Q, or R Deliverer's Custodian
  or DEI1 N C4, C5 P, Q, or R Deliverer's Intermediary 1
  or DEI2 N C4, C5 P, Q, or R Deliverer's Intermediary 2
  or DEAG N C4, C5 P, Q, or R Delivering Agent
  or PSET N C4 C, P, or Q Place of Settlement
  or REAG N C5 P, Q, or R Receiving Agent
  or REI1 N C4, C5 P, Q, or R Receiver's Intermediary 1
  or REI2 N C4, C5 P, Q, or R Receiver's Intermediary 2
  or RECU N C4, C5 P, Q, or R Receiver's Custodian
  or BUYR N C4, C5 P, Q, or R Buyer
2 O ALTE R C11 L or S Alternate ID

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

ALTE Alternate ID Alternate identification for a party.
BUYR Buyer Party that receives the financial instrument.
DEAG Delivering Agent Delivering party that interacts with the place of settlement.
DECU Deliverer's Custodian Party that interacts with the delivering agent unless intermediaries exist.
DEI1 Deliverer's Intermediary 1 Party that interacts with the delivering intermediary 2, if present. If the delivering intermediary 2 is not present, this is the party that interacts with the delivering agent.
DEI2 Deliverer's Intermediary 2 When present, party that interacts with the delivering agent.
PSET Place of Settlement Place of settlement.
REAG Receiving Agent Receiving agent that interacts with the place of settlement.
RECU Receiver's Custodian Party that interacts with the receiving agent unless intermediaries exist.
REI1 Receiver's Intermediary 1 Party that interacts with the receiving intermediary 2, if present. If the receiving intermediary 2 is not present, this is the party that interacts with the receiving agent.
REI2 Receiver's Intermediary 2 When present, party that interacts with the receiving agent.
SELL Seller Party that delivers the financial instrument.

In option C, Country Code specifies in physical settlement transactions the country of settlement. This allows the custodian to direct instructions to a local agent in the country of settlement.

In option P, Identifier Code specifies a BIC. For more details, see the Standards MT General Information.

In option R, Proprietary Code specifies a local national code or market segment code identifying the party.

In option S:

CODES

In option S, if Qualifier is ALTE and Data Source Scheme is not present, Type of ID must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K95):

ARNU Alien Registration Number Number assigned by a government agency to identify foreign nationals.
CCPT Passport Number Number assigned by a passport authority.
CHTY Tax Exempt Identification Number Number assigned to a tax exempt entity.
CORP Corporate Identification Number assigned to a corporate entity.
DRLC Driver's Licence Number Number assigned to a driver's licence.
FIIN Foreign Investment Identity Number Number assigned to a foreign investor (other than the alien number).
TXID Tax Identification Number Number assigned by a tax authority to an entity.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Country Code must be a valid ISO country code (Error code(s): T73).

Identifier Code must be a registered BIC (Error code(s): T27,T28,T29,T45).

Proprietary code (Format Option R), Alternate ID (Format Option S) and Name and Address (Format Option Q) must not start or end with a slash '/' and must not contain two consecutive slashes '//'. For field formats with more than 1 line, the rule applies for each line (Error code(s): T26).

USAGE RULES

Qualifiers used to identify the parties do not specify the business role of the parties but their position in the settlement chain and the relationship which the parties have with one another.

Further explanations and examples are available in the Category 5 Securities Markets Message Usage Guidelines.